Robert Meade Long

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-39100.png UPL 39100 Roanoke Times Newspaper Robert Meade Long

Roanoke Times Newspaper

Object Number - UPL 39100 - Roanoke Times Newspaper

Killed in Action (KIA) 9 November 1944 in AC #42-102931, 'Fiklbitch'.



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Units served with

The insignia of the 452nd Bomb Group.

452nd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-102931

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Fiklbitch
  • Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buena Vista, Virginia, USA 10 July 1917

Died

9 November 1944

Buried

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Killed in Action (KIA)

English Channel 9 November 1944

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Roanoke Times Newspaper

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Ancestry.com Delayed Birth Certificate

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Ancestry.com WWII Draft Card

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ABMC, MACR 10345 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10345 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 39100 - Roanoke Times Newspaper